Papua New Guinea welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in style

JAPAN Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and wife Akie arrived in Port Moresby yesterday to a rousing welcome with 270 government and business delegation.

The leader of the world’s third biggest economy was also accompanied by a very high level Cabinet team of Ministers, vice ministers, members of Parliament, Japan’s heads of missions in the Asia Pacific region, senior public servants and 40 top journalists from across Japan.

Among the 270 are 20 chief executive officers, managing directors, chairmen and executives of businesses and multi-billion kina companies that are operating and who have business interests in PNG.